Button-fastening for garments.



No. -7|6,267. v PatentedDec. I6, |902.

G. W.`M 0G|LL. BUTTON FASTENING FDR GARMENTS. y (Application filed May13, 1902.! No Mn le|.)

lNvENTOR UNiTEn Stm-TES l ATENT FFICE.

GEORGEl MCGILL, `OF RIVERDALE, NEW YORK.

BUTTON-FASTENING FOR GARNI ENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,267, dated December16, 1902. Application filed May 13, 1902.` Serial No. l'7,096. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, t 11i/tty concern: n

Be it knownfthatl, GEORGE W. McG1LL,a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Riverdale, in the county of'New Yorkand` State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Fastenings for Garments, 0f which the following is a shown intransverse section.

corresponding parts, Figure l is a transverse sectional view of anordinary bari button. Fig. 2 is a plan View of aband or strap of leatheror other ieXible material foldedin upon itself longitudinally at itscenter part. Fig. 3 isa topview in perspective of a metal collar ,orcase.. Fig. 4 is al perspective view of a clamping-disk orpacking-plate.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional elevation of the button proper and itsattaching member connected together as intended. Fig. 7 is.a`perspective view of a washer or riveting-bur used in connection withthe riveting-stem of the attaching member of the de-A Fig. Sis a sideelevation of the com- Fig. 9

vice. pleted device attached to a fabric. is a perspective view of amodified construction of the button-eye-engaging linlgrnade 0f metal.Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the button proper provided with a loopedeye linked to the fastening member by the modied'link shown in Fig. 9,the fastening member being Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig.\10, showinga modified construction of` the attaching member of the device andtheunder portion of the button proper. Fig. 12 is a view in perspectiveof the modified construction of the button-eyeengaging link shown inFig. 9 spread open `in the position it occupies when in use, as is shownin Figs. 10, 11, and 13; and Fig. 13

Fig.` 5 i is a view in perspective of the underside of` la base-plate.

shows a still further modified construction of the `button-eye with the`link fashicned as shown in Fig. 12 in riding engagement therewit-h.

Fig. l represents in cross-section an ordinary bar-button, the buttonproper being marked A, its eyebar marked l, and the open part of its eyemarked 2 2.

Fig. 2 represents a band B, of leather, tape, or other flexiblematerial, folded `longitudinally at its center3,doubling the material inthat part.

Fig. 3 is a top viewin perspective of a metallic plate or collar C,having a beaded central opening or eye 5 and dependent .rim 6.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the under side of a clamping disk orplate D, having part of the opposite sides of its periphery serrated,asat 7 7, and parts of its inner surface provided with pointed projectionsS 8.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the under surface of a clamping andriveting base-plate E, provided with a central tubular riveting-pillar9. 4

One end of the flexible band B is passed up and down through thebutton-eye 2 in manner to bring its center 8 across the eyebar l.Theends of the band are then passed down through the opening 5 in thecollar C, and the band is spread open in the cupped under side of suchcollar. The intermediate clampingplate D is now inserted in the cup ofthe collar in manner to bring its smooth surface to bear against theopen spread of the band B and cause the serrated sections of itsperiphery to engage the band at its folds 11 11. The ends 4 4 of theband B are now folded over toward each other upon the under surface ofthe clamping-plate and pressed'upon its pointed projections S 8, asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. The clamping-and rivetingbase-plate E is now inserted in the collar C, with its riveting-pillar-9 pointing outward,

and is pressed up therein while the rim of the' collar is being upset orflanged over the periphery of such plate, securing the parts t0- gether,and clamping the band B in the fastening member between the innersurface of such collar, both surfaces of the intermediate plate D, andthe inner surface of the baseplate E, completing the device as it isbefore its attachment to a fabric and as it is shown in the sectionalFig. 6, wherein the parts are shown thus assembled.

In attaching the device to a fabric an opening is made in the lattersufficient to admit the free end ofthe tubular pillar 9 of thebaseplate, and after said end is passed through the fabric the bur G(shown in Fig. 7) is placed upon it, and the end is then upset upon theouter surface of such bur, clamping the fabric between the inner surfaceof such bur and the outer surface of the base-plate, and securing thedevice to the fabric, as shown in Fig. 8, which is a side elevation ofthe completed device attached to a fabric,the latter (mark ed l0) beingshown in section. In attaching the device to leather andsuch like heavymaterial the Vriveting tubular pillar 9 of the bed-plate may be upsetdirect upon the same without the bur G intervening.

Figs. 9, 10, 1l, 12, and 13 show alternate construction of some of theparts, Fig. 9 being a side elevation in perspective `of a wire linkforming a substitute for the band B and having its looped center 3 leftround and its ends 4i' flattened, and Fig. l0 shows the link B so formedentered in a-button-eye l and having its ends et entered, folded apart,and secured in the fastening member of the device, the latter beingshown in section. Where the link connecting the button With thefastening member is made of metal or of thick flexible material-such asleather, heavy tape, and such like-it will be found unnecessary to usethe intermediate clamping-plate D, and also in many instances where thebutton-connecting link is made of thin fibrous or flexible material itwill'be found practicable to dispense with the use of such intermediateclamping-plate and use a paper wad instead to bear upon the ends of theflexible link in securing the same in the fastening member, or where itis an object to have the fastening member very thin neither intermediateplate nor wad need be used and the ends of the band forming such linkmay be folded upon themselves to increase their clamping bulk or beglued to the inner surface of the collar C and the base-plate E clampeddirect upon them in accomplishing such end, and such base-plate may beprovided with inwardly pointing projections, similar to those shown at 8in Fig. 4, to bear against and penetrate such flexible-link ends tofurther secure them therein. Fig. l1 is a View similar to Fig. l0,excepting that the rim of the base-plate is anged upon the rim of thecollar instead of the rim of the collar upon it, as shown in the otherfigures. Fig. l2 shows an open formation of the link B, made of wire,which may be used with a button having an elongated looped eye. The longeye 1" of the button is first passed down through the opening 5 in thecollar of the fastening member and the open link entered therein, asshown in Fig. 13, in which the collar appears in transverse section. Thebutton is then drawn up, bringing the parts 4 4 of the link up againstthe inner top surface of the collar, where they are secured in themanner before described. l

Where covered buttons are used in the device, its fastening member maybe covered .with similar material of similar color and in a similarmanner and its button-connecting link provided of similar color andmaterial, if suitable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. A button-fastening for garments consisting of a button proper and abutton-attaching member, the button proper secured to such attachingmember by an intermediate link, the ends of the material forming suchlink being permanently secured in such attaching member directly andwithout engaging the fabric of the garments to which the device isattached. Y

2. A button-fastening for garments consisting of a button proper and abutton-attaching member, the button proper secured to the attachingmember by means of a link connection, the central part of such linkbeing linked with the eyebar of the button with the ends of such linkpermanently secured in such fastening member directly and Withoutengaging the fabric of the garments to which the device isattached.

3. In a button-fastening for garments, a button proper provided with anattaching member to which it is inseparably connected by a non -integraland independent iiexible link engaging the eye of the buttonintermediate said button and its attaching member and permanentlysecured to such member directly and without engaging the fabric of thegarment to which the device is attached.

4. In a button -fastening for garments, a button proper provided with anindependent metallic attaching member, the button proper secured to suchindependent metallic attaching member by a link composed of iiexiblematerial passed throughv the eye of such button and having its endssecured in such independent metallic attaching member directly andwithout engaging the fabric of the garments to which the device isattached.

5. In a bnttonfastening for garments, a button proper provided with anattaching member, the button proper secured to such attaching member byaflexible link the central part of which link is looped through the eyeof the but-ton and its end parts passed down through an opening in thecap of the fastening member wherein such end parts are spread apart andv permanently secured by clamping them between the inner surfaces of theparts composing the fastening member.

6. In a button fastening for garments, a fastening member consisting ofa centrallypierced upper plate providing a collar, and a lower plateforming a base, and having projecting through the central opening insuch collar the fold of an inverted-U-shaped link IOC) IIO'

part engagingthe eye of the button, and secured to such member by havingits llat and turned-over ends clamped between the upper and lower platesof same. t

7. In a button-fastening for garments the combination of abutton A, anattaching member C, and an independent and intermediate link B, suchlink connecting together the buttonand the attaching member by havingits center part interlocking With the button-eye and its end partssecured internally in the attaching member directly and Without engagingthe fabric of the garments to which the device is attached.

8. In a button-fastening for garments an attaching member composed of acollar C, and a base-plate E, the top of such collar provided With acentral opening 5, and the base-plate provided with a tubularriveting-pillar 9, in combination with a button-con necting link B,secured in such attaching member and having its looped center 3projecting out through the opening 5 in the top of such member.

9. In a button-fastening for garments, an attaching member composed of acollar C, a clamping and riveting base-plate E, secured thereto,and anintermediate clamping-Washer D, in combination with a button-connectinglink made of flexible material and secured in such fastening member withits looped center projecting out through the open center of the collarof such member.

l0. In combination with a garment-button,

` a metallic attaching member to which such `having its end partssecured to such attach- `ing member directly and Without engaging thefabric to which the device' is attached.

11. As a neT article of manufacture a button-fastening for garmentsconsisting of a button proper and a metallic attaching mem ber, to Whichmember the button is secured in link connection by means of a separatelar in manner to clamp the fabric between the upper surface of such burand the under surface of the base of the attaching member.

l2. As a new article of manufacture abutton-fastening for garments andother fabrics consisting of a button proper connected to a metallicattaching member by means of an intermediate flexible link engagingcentrally with the eye of such button and having its end parts securedto such attaching member directly and Without engaging the material ofthe garment or other fabric to which such attaching member may befastened, such attaching member having independent means for beingsecured to such fabric.

Signed at Riverdale, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 10th day of May, A. D. 1902.

GEORGE WV. MCGILL.

Witnesses:

W. HARRY MCGILL, M. L. H. MCGILL.

